Last night the Chicago Blackhawks closed out the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 5-3 victory over the tough Nashville Predators. Heading into the playoffs there was one significant concern about the Blackhawks and that was the fact that their goaltender, Antti Niemi, had never been tested on the big stage. In [...]
With what some would say is the pinnacle of American sports upon us, I want to ask you a question. Do you have an SSP – Super (Bowl) Sunday Party – or do you prefer the quiet of watching the game at home? While I am always up for a party, I would personally prefer [...]
Before we close out the year 2009 and move on to the new adventures that lie ahead in 2010, I wanted to take a moment to send a quick thanks to all of the people that have been a part of my experiences in the last year. Without each of you it would not be [...]
As many of you know, the day after Thanksgiving, known by many as Black Friday, is the craziest shopping day of the year. How crazy you ask? Oh let’s see… It is the type of crazy where people stampede one another trying to grab the last thingamabob on the shelf. It is the type of [...]
This post was written by P Ling, who is a travel writer for Uptake and also runs the Triphow blog. A ‘Kamaaina’ in Hawaii is someone who is a native or has lived in Hawaii for a long time. President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu and spent most of his childhood and youth in [...]